The lockdown will have brought children’s routines to an abrupt halt, both in the home and outside. Children will be missing their friends, nursery staff and their extended family, perhaps grandparents or childminders in particular, who may have dropped them off and picked them up from school or nursery.
Within the home, tensions may have been running high as parents try to build new routines, juggling work with home schooling, or trying to cope with being furloughed or losing their jobs. Children will have picked up on these tensions and worries, and adding to the stress, particularly of older children, will be their exposure to media coverage of the pandemic.
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